Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Qatar to buy Amnesty International

November 18, 2013

DOHA:
Qatar has reportedly purchased the human rights organisation Amnesty
International, less than a day after it published a damning report into
the country’s construction sector as work begins on stadiums for the
2022 World Cup.

While financial details of the deal have not been revealed, experts
have suggested that move is an economically shrewd one by the gas-rich
Gulf state.

“It would have cost Qatar an absolute fortune to meet the various
demands laid out in Amnesty’s recent report,” said Hamish McDervitt of
the Gulf Analyst Group. “Buying the organisation outright is a simple,
one-stop solution that swiftly and effectively deals with all of these
problems.”

Rumours have circulated that once the deal is complete, Qatar plans
to move Amnesty International’s headquarters to Knightsbridge in London
and transform it into a “luxury mall and residential complex”